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 October 18 - 24 2016 This week we only found 7 birds total!  As was predicted by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birdcast This week was a slow one.  We only had 7 birds total from 7 species (table 1).  Also as predicted the work week was very slow with Wednesday the 19th being the only day during the workweek that a bird was found (table 2).  The other 6 birds were found on Saturday and Sunday … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 7 Update

 October 11 - 17, 2016 This week our volunteers found 18 birds, from a total of 12 species (table 1).  We also found our first white-breasted nuthatch of the season on October 11th.  A strong front passed through the area over the weekend bringing an increase in bird movement and migration.  We saw this at the beginning of the work week as bird strikes were higher from Monday to … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 6 Update

October 3 - 10, 2016 This week saw a large jump in bird strikes (table 1.) from 16 last week to 39 this week, our largest amount this season.  Starting last Monday and Tuesday we saw large numbers taper off as hurricane Matthew made its way up the coast.  As hurricane Matthew decreased in intensity bird strikes began rising once again on Sunday (table 2.).  This follows closely to what was … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 5 Update

  September 25 - October 2, 2016 This week we only found 16 birds, retaining the pattern of the past two weeks (Table 1.).  With the remnants of tropical storm Karl moving north coinciding with northern winds, favorable conditions helped move migrating birds through our area later in the week and over the weekend.  Surprisingly our data this week did not follow the pattern … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 4 Update

ruby-throated hummingbird This week we found more birds than last week (table 1.).  Last week Cornell Lab of Ornithology forecast that migration would slow as the week progressed, that is what we found as from Tuesday on, bird collisions started decreasing (table 2.).  This past weekend we saw an increase in northern winds and as the week progresses we should see these conditions coincide with … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 3 Update

Our second week of fall monitoring was quite interesting compared to the first week.  Based on number of birds found (table 1.), number of species found (9), and how birds were spaced out throughout the week (table 2.), and the downtown area (table 3.). Last week a total of 36 birds were found while this week less than half of that (14) were found in and around the downtown area.  Cornell Lab of … [Read more...] about Fall 2016 – Week 2 Update